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Shute Banerjee
Sarobindu Nath Banerjee
Born: 3 October 1911, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Died: 14 October 1980, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Major Teams: Hindus, Bengal, Nawanagar, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Known As: Shute Banerjee
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Only Test: India v West Indies at Bombay, 5th Test, 1948/49
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 1 2 0 13 8 6.50 0 0 0 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 45.3 8 127 5 25.40 4-54 0 0 54.6 2.79
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1931/32 - 1959/60)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 138 209 29 3715 138 20.63 5 74 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 10274 385 26.68 8-25 15 2
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
In the long list of unlucky Indian cricketers, Shute Banerjee would
probably find pride of place. He toured England in 1936 and 1946
without playing a Test. He played an unofficial `Test' as early as
1935 against Jack Ryder's Australian team, was good enough to play in
three `Tests' against Lord Tennyson's team two years later and also
played one `Test' against the Australian Services team in 1945. But
his Test career was limited to just one appearance in his 36th year. A
right arm medium fast bowler who thrived on hard work, Banerjee played
in the shadow of Nissar and Amar Singh on the 1936 tour and ten years
later, unluckily still did not get a chance. In his only Test, he was
well past his best and yet took one for 73 and four for 54, bringing
the West Indian innings to a quick end with an inspired spell.
Yet, Banerjee has a claim to fame - as a batsman. A more than useful
tail end batsman, he had his moment in the sun at the Oval in 1946. He
and Chandu Sarwate added 249 runs in 190 minutes for the last wicket
for the Indian tourists against Surrey. Sarwate made 124 not out,
Banerjee, going in last, scored 121 and it is still the only time in
first class cricket that No's 10 and 11 have scored centuries. In a
first class career that stretched almost 30 years, Banerjee took 381
wickets (26.61) and scored 3671 runs (20.50) with five centuries. His
best bowling in an innings was 8 for 25 for Nawanagar against
Maharashtra in 1941-42 and his highest score was 138 for Bihar against
Bengal in 1952-53. He led Bihar in the Ranji Trophy for about 15
years.(Partab Ramchand)
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